Category: Game

Living at a time of online and virtual games, these kids opt playing outdoors with all the dirt of the ground, using marble balls. Such a game dates back to thousands of years. Marbles will probably stay a thousand more.

An old man with his game board: plazas in Baguio, like this one, are venues for the pasttime games such as draughts and chess. Beside the man is the base of a monument for indigenous Cordilleran tribes, of which members have become marginalized as the city becomes more cosmopolitan.

A view from the top presents a good perspective of things, different from the view on the surface. Every view has its own version of truth. Here, the biker tells the children, who pester him, to get off his sidecar.

Three games in one frame: each group is taking a different activity – football, kite-flying, and Frisbee. The Sunken Garden has been an enclave of merrymaking among students and residents of the UP area. Stories of amorous recreation done in this garden are also rife.

Surprisingly the “heritage” of playing marbles (hólen) is preserved in this generation. In the age of console, device, and online gaming, traditional games which require physical interaction are still popular among kids.